Decades of work by a series of Duke investigators yields new drug, patents and a startup company

A team of doctors at Duke University School of Medicine and the National University of Singapore have successfully performed two groundbreaking intestinal transplants. The surgeries were led by Dr. Debra Sudan, a professor of surgery and pediatrics at Duke.

The medical student research symposium showcases the unique scholarly and research accomplishments of third year students.

Medical schools across the country are increasingly incorporating visual arts and humanities programming into their curricula to address a variety of issues and skill sets that are relevant to clinical practice such as empathy, tolerance for ambiguity, and resiliency to burnout.

In a study of 9,430 adults aged 50 and older, researchers found a significant link between loneliness and insomnia symptoms, such as difficulty falling and staying asleep, waking up too early in the morning, and nonrestorative sleep.  

In animal studies, the fat molecule encourages stem cells to generate new cells that produce the brain’s white matter.

Study published in Ophthalmology Epidemiology by senior author Julia Rosdahl, MD, PhD, shows one-third of glaucoma patients stop going to the eye doctor for follow-up care over a 10-year period, jeopardizing their sight.

Duke researchers conducted a multi-pronged analysis of data from the earlier study and found no link between the pancreatic microbiome and the development of pancreatic cancer.

The Office of Physician Scientist Development PRIME Summer Academy provides medical students, who have limited research opportunities at their schools, with hands-on research experience at the Duke University School of Medicine.

A process of surgically joining the circulatory systems of a young and old mouse slows the aging process at the cellular level and lengthens the lifespan of the older animal by up to 10%.